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Table 1 Distribution of Socio-demographic characteristics of the users and non-users of ANC facilities

From: Barriers to antenatal care use in Nigeria: evidences from non-users and implications for maternal health programming

Characteristics

N (%)*

Used ANC

Didn’t use ANC

N^

%**

Location

     

Urban

2112 (33.5)

81.8

18.2

383

17.5

Rural

4187 (66.5)

56.7

43.3

1816

82.5

Education

     

No formal Education

2105 (33.4)

40.3

59.7

1259

57.3

Qur’anic Only

523 (8.3)

56.4

43.6

228

10.4

Primary

1126 (17.9)

71.0

29.0

327

14.9

Secondary

2020 (32.1)

83.1

16.9

341

15.5

Higher

521 (8.3)

91.6

8.4

44

2.0

Marital Status

     

CM/LWSP

5883 (93.9)

65.6

34.4

2027

93.0

Form Married

221 (3.5)

57.0

43.0

95

4.4

Never Married

159 (2.5)

63.5

36.5

58

2.6

Age At Birth

     

<20

371 (5.9)

50.4

49.6

184

8.3

20-24

1228 (19.5)

60.8

39.2

481

21.9

25-34

3091 (49.1)

69.8

30.2

934

42.5

35-49

1610 (25.6)

62.8

37.2

600

27.3

Wealth Quintiles+

     

Poorest

1495 (23.7)

38.3

61.7

923

42.0

Poorer

1359 (21.6)

51.8

48.2

655

29.8

Average

1166 (18.5)

72.8

27.2

317

14.4

Wealthier

1127 (17.9)

81.5

18.5

209

9.5

Wealthiest

1150 (18.3)

92.0

8.0

92

4.2

Zone

     

North Central

936 (14.9)

66.0

34.0

318

14.5

North East

773 (12.3)

50.7

49.3

381

17.3

North West

1797 (28.5)

48.5

51.5

925

42.1

South East

537 (8.5)

85.7

14.3

78

3.6

South South

899 (14.3)

69.2

30.8

277

12.6

South West

1358 (21.6)

83.8

16.2

220

10.0

Tribe

     

Hausa/Fulani

2147 (34.1)

48.2

51.8

1113

50.6

Igbo

761 (12.1)

86.7

13.3

102

4.6

Yoruba

1192 (18.9)

84.6

15.4

183

8.3

Others

2199 (34.9)

63.6

36.4

801

36.4

Religion

     

Islam

3241 (51.4)

55.6

44.4

1437

65.4

Christian

2995 (47.6)

75.9

24.1

725

32.9

Others

63 (1.0)

41.3

58.7

37

1.7

Employment

     

Employed

6044 (95.9)

64.9

35.1

2122

96.5

Unemployed

256 (4.1)

70.0

30.0

77

3.5

Total

6234 (100)

65.2

34.8

2199

100

  1. CM/LWSP Currently married or Living with sexual partner + some responses were missing.
  2. *Distribution of all women who were pregnant within 5 years preceding the survey.
  3. **Distribution of women who did not use ANC during the period.
  4. ^number of women who didn’t use ANC during the period.